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==[[Browning M3]]== | ==[[Browning M3]]== | ||
All of the gunners on Memphis Belle use Browning M3 in .50 caliber to defend the bomber against German fighter planes. As the plane tries to make it home, the gunners are ordered to throw out their Brownings in order to make the damaged bomber lighter to land. | All of the gunners on Memphis Belle use Browning M3 in .50 caliber to defend the bomber against German fighter planes. As the plane tries to make it home, the gunners are ordered to throw out their Brownings in order to make the damaged bomber lighter to land. Also used in the wings of the USAAF P-51 Mustang fighters. | ||
==Flare Pistol== | ==Flare Pistol== |
Revision as of 20:15, 15 June 2009
The weapons seen in this movie are:
Browning M3
All of the gunners on Memphis Belle use Browning M3 in .50 caliber to defend the bomber against German fighter planes. As the plane tries to make it home, the gunners are ordered to throw out their Brownings in order to make the damaged bomber lighter to land. Also used in the wings of the USAAF P-51 Mustang fighters.
Flare Pistol
Used by the Commander at the USAAF Base in Britain to signal the B-17 Flying Fortress planes landing.
MG131 machine guns
Although mounted in the wings on the Messerschmit Bf-109 fighter planes, These are used to shoot down the fleet of USAAF B-17 bombers raiding Bremen in Germany.